Positivity Diary - Recommended for people who chose 'Optimism' as a goal:
What do you feel grateful for? Did you have a moment today where you felt really happy? It could have been a fleeting moment, the whole morning, or the whole day...
Some days, we might feel overwhelmed by all of the things that feel like challenges, but reminding ourselves of the good things that are going on in our lives can be a big help.
Celebrating the positive things – be they big or small – allows us to shine some light on what might otherwise be a gloomy day. Positivity journals provide a simple reminder of the good things that are happening in your life...By focusing on what we can be grateful for, we are able to put ourselves in a positive of state of mind - giving us strength and inspiration to get through the day.
TASK:
As part of our focus on health this week, we are asking you to focus on what is going well for you. Use your blog to note down the moments in your day that are worth celebrating - you can password protect your posts for privacy. Take a moment and think of something that you feel grateful for – again, it can be a big show stopping event, or a little moment of kindness that you’ve received. You might have a few things that you feel grateful for – you can acknowledge them all.
Here are a couple of examples of people who have started and maintained positivity journals:
Health Diary - Recommended for people who chose 'Healthy Living' as a goal:
Are there connections between what we eat, how we sleep, how much we move and how we feel? Take the opportunity to track your habits for a week and make connections...You may be surprised by what you find.
TASK:
Using the spreadsheet attached, fill your daily health information in the relevant fields. Save the spreadsheet to your desktop or create a Google Doc so you can update the information each day. At the end of the week you will upload the document to your blog or create a link and write a paragraph noting any themes, patterns and connections you see when you look at the data. You may password-protect this post if you wish. * If you wish - you can upload the spreadsheet to a Google drive and share the link*
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Term 3 2013 trail descriptions, tasks & resources
Health Week
Trails:
Essendon FC and Zumba: This week Essendon FC are coming to UHS to run a health and sports session. They will focus on healthy living and will conduct a sport and fitness workshop. After lunch, we'll head over to Melbourne University and partake in a Zumba session. Bring your sports clothes!
1000 steps: This trail will take us out to Ferntree Gully to the '1000 steps' walk. We'll do the walk, enjoy being out in nature, play some games and have a picnic lunch. The trail will provide a good opportunity to experience what a positive natural environemnt can do for our health and way of life.
This week you will need to complete and upload to your blog a 'positivity diary' or a 'health diary'. Instructions for each are below...
Positivity Diary - Recommended for people who chose 'Optimism' as a goal:
What do you feel grateful for? Did you have a moment today where you felt really happy? It could have been a fleeting moment, the whole morning, or the whole day...
Some days, we might feel overwhelmed by all of the things that feel like challenges, but reminding ourselves of the good things that are going on in our lives can be a big help.
Celebrating the positive things – be they big or small – allows us to shine some light on what might otherwise be a gloomy day. Positivity journals provide a simple reminder of the good things that are happening in your life...By focusing on what we can be grateful for, we are able to put ourselves in a positive of state of mind - giving us strength and inspiration to get through the day.
TASK:
As part of our focus on health this week, we are asking you to focus on what is going well for you. Use your blog to note down the moments in your day that are worth celebrating - you can password protect your posts for privacy. Take a moment and think of something that you feel grateful for – again, it can be a big show stopping event, or a little moment of kindness that you’ve received. You might have a few things that you feel grateful for – you can acknowledge them all.
Here are a couple of examples of people who have started and maintained positivity journals:
Health Diary - Recommended for people who chose 'Healthy Living' as a goal:
Are there connections between what we eat, how we sleep, how much we move and how we feel? Take the opportunity to track your habits for a week and make connections...You may be surprised by what you find.
TASK:
Using the spreadsheet attached, fill your daily health information in the relevant fields. Save the spreadsheet to your desktop or create a Google Doc so you can update the information each day. At the end of the week you will upload the document to your blog or create a link and write a paragraph noting any themes, patterns and connections you see when you look at the data. You may password-protect this post if you wish. * If you wish - you can upload the spreadsheet to a Google drive and share the link*
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Term 2 2013 trail descriptions, tasks & resources
WEEKLY TASKS:
This week you will need to complete and upload to your blog a 'positivity diary' or a 'health diary'. Instructions for each are below...
Positivity Diary - Recommended for people who chose 'Optimism' as a goal:
What do you feel grateful for? Did you have a moment today where you felt really happy? It could have been a fleeting moment, the whole morning, or the whole day...
Some days, we might feel overwhelmed by all of the things that feel like challenges, but reminding ourselves of the good things that are going on in our lives can be a big help.
Celebrating the positive things – be they big or small – allows us to shine some light on what might otherwise be a gloomy day. Positivity journals provide a simple reminder of the good things that are happening in your life...By focusing on what we can be grateful for, we are able to put ourselves in a positive of state of mind - giving us strength and inspiration to get through the day.
TASK:
As part of our focus on health this week, we are asking you to focus on what is going well for you. Use your blog to note down the moments in your day that are worth celebrating - you can password protect your posts for privacy. Take a moment and think of something that you feel grateful for – again, it can be a big show stopping event, or a little moment of kindness that you’ve received. You might have a few things that you feel grateful for – you can acknowledge them all.
Here are a couple of examples of people who have started and maintained positivity journals:
Health Diary - Recommended for people who chose 'Healthy Living' as a goal:
Are there connections between what we eat, how we sleep, how much we move and how we feel? Take the opportunity to track your habits for a week and make connections...You may be surprised by what you find. Track Carly's health diary here -
Using the spreadsheet attached, fill your daily health information in the relevant fields. Save the spreadsheet to your desktop or create a Google Doc so you can update the information each day. At the end of the week you will upload the document to your blog or create a link and write a paragraph noting any themes, patterns and connections you see when you look at the data. You may password-protect this post if you wish.
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Health Week Trails
Do Good, Eat Well, Feel Great!
Spend the morning volunteering at the Collingwood Children's Farm, then experience the "pay what you feel" Lentil As Anything restaurant for lunch and finish the day with play in the park. A trail designed to make your brain, tummy & body happy and healthy. Must bring comfortable clothes (not your best!!), closed toe shoes and bring $$ for lunch.
NORTH MELBOURNE HUDDLE & ZUMBA:On this trail we will spend the morning at the North Melbourne Football Club's 'Huddle' - we will be participating in activities with North Melbourne players and exploring what factors support our wellbeing and help us achieve our goals. In the afternoon we have been invited to Melbourne University to participate in a tailor made Zumba class! Make sure that you wear sports shoes!!!
1000 STEPS:Get active! Get into nature! Today we will venture to the fringe of Melbourne to climb through the beautiful forest of the Dandenong Ranges. At the top, we will eat healthy food and appreciate the serenity of nature. We will also think about how parks like this contribute to the health of Melbourne
In the morning we will joined by Dr Matthew Currie, a psychologist who works with an organisation called Headspace. We will do a workshop about values and ethics and how people make the choices they make. This is a fantastic opportunity to investigate your own mind, what makes you you and learn about the reasons you act like you do. In the afternoon we'll get our blood pumping with either a fitness class or a lap of the Botannical Gardens. Bring comfy/sporty clothes and runners.
1000 steps trail
This trail is challenging both physically and mentally. We will travel to Upper Ferntree Gully where we will climb the famous "1000 steps" in the Dandenong Ranges.
Having reached the top, we will take a break to have lunch, play some sports and prepare for the descent.
For those of you who are physically quite fit, you should challenge yourself to push yourself during the ascent.
For those who find the thought of 1000 steps daunting, this could be the perfect way to challenge yourself physically.
In life, our greatest opponent is often ourselves.
Mind, Body & Spirit - Healthy Living in Melbourne
Is health just about doing exercise and eating right?
Could it be more than just looking after our bodies?
On this trail we will be exploring Melbourne as a place where we can experience health and wellness in unexpected places - and at little or no cost.
It will be a day full of exchange, creativity, quiet moments and stepping out of our comfort zone and into the ridiculous!!
Bring: your curiosity, your inner dare devil and one of the following: a book [not your most precious one!] / some mushrooms / an egg / a stone fruit / or - some berries
COOKING:On this trail we will practice cooking skills by spending a day in the kitchen! In groups of three students will work together to make a soup, a main dish and a dessert from fresh, seasonal ingredients. Students participating in this trail will need to bring some Tupperware or other containers to take home any extra food. Don't eat a big breakfast!!
1000 STEPS:Get active! Get into nature! Today we will venture to the fringe of Melbourne to climb through the beautiful forest of the Dandenong Ranges. At the top, we will eat healthy food and appreciate the serenity of nature. We will also think about how parks like this contribute to the health of Melbourne.
1000-Steps.jpg
NORTH MELBOURNE HUDDLE & ZUMBA:On this trail we will spend the morning at the North Melbourne Football Club's 'Huddle' - we will be participating in activities with North Melbourne players and exploring what factors support our wellbeing and help us achieve our goals. In the afternoon we have been invited to Melbourne University to participate in a tailor made Zumba class! Make sure that you wear sports shoes!!!
Unilever owns Dove and Lynx - is there a conflict there???
Dove runs campaigns encouraging young women [and older women] to feel good about their bodies & to resist sexist advertising... Dove Campaign for Real Beauty
Lynx runs campaigns encouraging young men [and older men] to use their products and become sexier, presenting women as sexual objects along the way...
Here is a photo of our brainstorm about how the Huddle & Melbourne University Gym support the three different strands of health: physical, social & mental:
Note - do not choose your trail until you have read these three blurbs!
Character & Community: North Melbourne Huddle & Zumba
Come visit the North Melbourne Huddle and participate in some high energy sports activities before we join one of the North Melbourne players to explore what it means to create a healthy lifestyle and achieve the goals that we set for ourselves. Following on from the Huddle we will head over to Melbourne University and dance up a storm in a tailor made Zumba class!
1000 Steps Get active! Get into nature! Get trained up for camp! Today we will venture to the fringe of Melbourne to climb through the beautiful forest of the Dandenong Ranges. At the top, we will eat healthy food and appreciate the serenity of nature. We will also think about how parks like this contribute to the health of Melbourne.
1000-Steps.jpg
Cooking
NOTE: you must have selected "cooking" as a learning goal to select this trail.
Keen to learn some basic cooking skills? Cooking trail is the one for you! We will purchase the ingredients for three healthy meals, cook together at the NMPS kitchen and share meals together. You will require a myki/metcard for Tuesday afternoon and a tupperware container to take home the extra food. Get your master-chef on!
Note - if you have chosen the COOKING trail you DO NOT sign up for a Tuesday class. You will do the cooking class
You are what you eat: Are you what you eat? How do we stay healthy on the inside? How does what we eat relate to how we feel? If you are interested in nutrition & how to maintain a healthy lifestyle, join this class :)
The Brain & You: What is this strange lump of stuff in our heads? How does it work? How can I learn to watch it and make it work for me better? Memory, emotion, attention, learning - it's all in the brain! If you choose this class, make sure to deposit your questions about the brain to your homegroup teacher before the end of the day!
Melbourne Bike Trail
Being healthy in Melbourne can be as easy as hopping on your bike! We will have a fun day pedaling along the Capital City Trail - one of Melbourne's iconic bicycle trails. We will be cruising through Docklands and along the Yarra, and we will have lunch in among the animals and the history of the Abbotsford Convent and Children's Farm before heading back to school through Fitzroy, Carlton, Brunswick and Royal Park.
To do this trail you must have a working bicycle and a helmet. You will also need to obtain permission from your parents. There is a 10 person limit so first back with their permission slips are in!
Rhythm, Strength, Endurance & Flexibility!
A fun day featuring a diverse range of health and fitness activities.Experience a number of very different ways to know, work and shake your bodies - morning yoga, a spin around "The Tan" and a Zumba class to finish the day!
Essential equipment:
loose, comfortable clothing for yoga and zumba
comfortable running shoes for the Tan track
a healthy, nutritious lunch and snacks to keep you going all day!
WEEKLY TASKS:
This week you will need to complete and upload to your blog a 'positivity journal' or a 'health diary'. Instructions for each are below...
Positivity Journal:
What do you feel grateful for? Did you have a moment today where you felt really happy? It could have been a fleeting moment, the whole morning, or the whole day...
Some days, we might feel overwhelmed by all of the things that feel like challenges, but reminding ourselves of the good things that are going on in our lives can be a big help.
Celebrating the positive things – be they big or small – allows us to shine some light on what might otherwise be a gloomy day. Positivity journals provide a simple reminder of the good things that are happening in your life...By focusing on what we can be grateful for, we are able to put ourselves in a positive of state of mind - giving us strength and inspiration to get through the day.
TASK:
As part of our focus on health this week, we are asking you to focus on what is going well for you. Use your blog to note down the moments in your day that are worth celebrating - you can password protect your posts for privacy. Take a moment and think of something that you feel grateful for – again, it can be a big show stopping event, or a little moment of kindness that you’ve received. You might have a few things that you feel grateful for – you can acknowledge them all.
Here are a couple of examples of people who have started and maintained positivity journals:
Health Diary: Are there connections between what we eat, how we sleep, how much we move and how we feel? Take the opportunity to track your habits for a week and make connections...You may be surprised by what you find. Track Carly's health diary here - https://docs.google.com/spreadsheet/ccc?key=0AggSEZZwoXtedHdXS0FyY2RPRlFsd0JwM0ZQay00M3c TASK: Using the spreadsheet attached, fill your daily health information in the relevant fields. Save the spreadsheet to your desktop or create a Google Doc so you can update the information each day. . At the end of the week you will upload the document to your blog or create a link and write a paragraph noting any themes, patterns and connections you see when you look at the data.
Positivity Diary - Recommended for people who chose 'Optimism' as a goal:What do you feel grateful for? Did you have a moment today where you felt really happy? It could have been a fleeting moment, the whole morning, or the whole day...
Some days, we might feel overwhelmed by all of the things that feel like challenges, but reminding ourselves of the good things that are going on in our lives can be a big help.
Celebrating the positive things – be they big or small – allows us to shine some light on what might otherwise be a gloomy day. Positivity journals provide a simple reminder of the good things that are happening in your life...By focusing on what we can be grateful for, we are able to put ourselves in a positive of state of mind - giving us strength and inspiration to get through the day.
TASK:
As part of our focus on health this week, we are asking you to focus on what is going well for you. Use your blog to note down the moments in your day that are worth celebrating - you can password protect your posts for privacy. Take a moment and think of something that you feel grateful for – again, it can be a big show stopping event, or a little moment of kindness that you’ve received. You might have a few things that you feel grateful for – you can acknowledge them all.
Here are a couple of examples of people who have started and maintained positivity journals:
30 day challenge - keeping a positivity journal
Five steps to help you keep a gratitude journal
Health Diary - Recommended for people who chose 'Healthy Living' as a goal:
Are there connections between what we eat, how we sleep, how much we move and how we feel? Take the opportunity to track your habits for a week and make connections...You may be surprised by what you find.
TASK:
Using the spreadsheet attached, fill your daily health information in the relevant fields. Save the spreadsheet to your desktop or create a Google Doc so you can update the information each day. At the end of the week you will upload the document to your blog or create a link and write a paragraph noting any themes, patterns and connections you see when you look at the data. You may password-protect this post if you wish. * If you wish - you can upload the spreadsheet to a Google drive and share the link*Term 3 2013 trail descriptions, tasks & resources
Health WeekTrails:
Essendon FC and Zumba: This week Essendon FC are coming to UHS to run a health and sports session. They will focus on healthy living and will conduct a sport and fitness workshop. After lunch, we'll head over to Melbourne University and partake in a Zumba session. Bring your sports clothes!
1000 steps: This trail will take us out to Ferntree Gully to the '1000 steps' walk. We'll do the walk, enjoy being out in nature, play some games and have a picnic lunch. The trail will provide a good opportunity to experience what a positive natural environemnt can do for our health and way of life.Link for doodle choice:
http://www.doodle.com/yfkbrqycut4y59xxWEEKLY TASKS:
This week you will need to complete and upload to your blog a 'positivity diary' or a 'health diary'. Instructions for each are below...
Positivity Diary - Recommended for people who chose 'Optimism' as a goal:What do you feel grateful for? Did you have a moment today where you felt really happy? It could have been a fleeting moment, the whole morning, or the whole day...
Some days, we might feel overwhelmed by all of the things that feel like challenges, but reminding ourselves of the good things that are going on in our lives can be a big help.
Celebrating the positive things – be they big or small – allows us to shine some light on what might otherwise be a gloomy day. Positivity journals provide a simple reminder of the good things that are happening in your life...By focusing on what we can be grateful for, we are able to put ourselves in a positive of state of mind - giving us strength and inspiration to get through the day.
TASK:
As part of our focus on health this week, we are asking you to focus on what is going well for you. Use your blog to note down the moments in your day that are worth celebrating - you can password protect your posts for privacy. Take a moment and think of something that you feel grateful for – again, it can be a big show stopping event, or a little moment of kindness that you’ve received. You might have a few things that you feel grateful for – you can acknowledge them all.
Here are a couple of examples of people who have started and maintained positivity journals:
30 day challenge - keeping a positivity journal
Five steps to help you keep a gratitude journal
Health Diary - Recommended for people who chose 'Healthy Living' as a goal:
Are there connections between what we eat, how we sleep, how much we move and how we feel? Take the opportunity to track your habits for a week and make connections...You may be surprised by what you find.
TASK:
Using the spreadsheet attached, fill your daily health information in the relevant fields. Save the spreadsheet to your desktop or create a Google Doc so you can update the information each day. At the end of the week you will upload the document to your blog or create a link and write a paragraph noting any themes, patterns and connections you see when you look at the data. You may password-protect this post if you wish. * If you wish - you can upload the spreadsheet to a Google drive and share the link*Term 2 2013 trail descriptions, tasks & resources
WEEKLY TASKS:
This week you will need to complete and upload to your blog a 'positivity diary' or a 'health diary'. Instructions for each are below...
Positivity Diary - Recommended for people who chose 'Optimism' as a goal:What do you feel grateful for? Did you have a moment today where you felt really happy? It could have been a fleeting moment, the whole morning, or the whole day...
Some days, we might feel overwhelmed by all of the things that feel like challenges, but reminding ourselves of the good things that are going on in our lives can be a big help.
Celebrating the positive things – be they big or small – allows us to shine some light on what might otherwise be a gloomy day. Positivity journals provide a simple reminder of the good things that are happening in your life...By focusing on what we can be grateful for, we are able to put ourselves in a positive of state of mind - giving us strength and inspiration to get through the day.
TASK:
As part of our focus on health this week, we are asking you to focus on what is going well for you. Use your blog to note down the moments in your day that are worth celebrating - you can password protect your posts for privacy. Take a moment and think of something that you feel grateful for – again, it can be a big show stopping event, or a little moment of kindness that you’ve received. You might have a few things that you feel grateful for – you can acknowledge them all.
Here are a couple of examples of people who have started and maintained positivity journals:
30 day challenge - keeping a positivity journal
Five steps to help you keep a gratitude journal
Health Diary - Recommended for people who chose 'Healthy Living' as a goal:
Are there connections between what we eat, how we sleep, how much we move and how we feel? Take the opportunity to track your habits for a week and make connections...You may be surprised by what you find. Track Carly's health diary here -
https://docs.google.com/spreadsheet/ccc?key=0AggSEZZwoXtedHdXS0FyY2RPRlFsd0JwM0ZQay00M3c
TASK:
Using the spreadsheet attached, fill your daily health information in the relevant fields. Save the spreadsheet to your desktop or create a Google Doc so you can update the information each day. At the end of the week you will upload the document to your blog or create a link and write a paragraph noting any themes, patterns and connections you see when you look at the data. You may password-protect this post if you wish.
.Health Week Trails
Do Good, Eat Well, Feel Great!
Spend the morning volunteering at the Collingwood Children's Farm, then experience the "pay what you feel" Lentil As Anything restaurant for lunch and finish the day with play in the park. A trail designed to make your brain, tummy & body happy and healthy. Must bring comfortable clothes (not your best!!), closed toe shoes and bring $$ for lunch.
NORTH MELBOURNE HUDDLE & ZUMBA: On this trail we will spend the morning at the North Melbourne Football Club's 'Huddle' - we will be participating in activities with North Melbourne players and exploring what factors support our wellbeing and help us achieve our goals. In the afternoon we have been invited to Melbourne University to participate in a tailor made Zumba class! Make sure that you wear sports shoes!!!
1000 STEPS: Get active! Get into nature! Today we will venture to the fringe of Melbourne to climb through the beautiful forest of the Dandenong Ranges. At the top, we will eat healthy food and appreciate the serenity of nature. We will also think about how parks like this contribute to the health of Melbourne
Choose your trail:
http://doodle.com/wunfuf4xu5wk6f7z
Pay As You FeelTerm 1 2013 trail descriptions & resources
Health Week Trails
Mental & Physical Health
In the morning we will joined by Dr Matthew Currie, a psychologist who works with an organisation called Headspace. We will do a workshop about values and ethics and how people make the choices they make. This is a fantastic opportunity to investigate your own mind, what makes you you and learn about the reasons you act like you do. In the afternoon we'll get our blood pumping with either a fitness class or a lap of the Botannical Gardens. Bring comfy/sporty clothes and runners.
1000 steps trail
This trail is challenging both physically and mentally. We will travel to Upper Ferntree Gully where we will climb the famous "1000 steps" in the Dandenong Ranges.
Having reached the top, we will take a break to have lunch, play some sports and prepare for the descent.
For those of you who are physically quite fit, you should challenge yourself to push yourself during the ascent.
For those who find the thought of 1000 steps daunting, this could be the perfect way to challenge yourself physically.
In life, our greatest opponent is often ourselves.
Mind, Body & Spirit - Healthy Living in Melbourne
Is health just about doing exercise and eating right?
Could it be more than just looking after our bodies?
On this trail we will be exploring Melbourne as a place where we can experience health and wellness in unexpected places - and at little or no cost.
It will be a day full of exchange, creativity, quiet moments and stepping out of our comfort zone and into the ridiculous!!
Bring: your curiosity, your inner dare devil and one of the following: a book [not your most precious one!] / some mushrooms / an egg / a stone fruit / or - some berries
SIGN UP here
You are what you eat resources & portraits!
Here is a link to the 'how to eat healthy fast food' document:
FS Fast Food 2008 LR secured[1].pdf
Here are some of the student's portraits of each other based on their food diaries:
HEALTH WEEK TRAILS - SIGN UP HERE
http://www.doodle.com/9a4u8zw5rgv4epyg
COOKING: On this trail we will practice cooking skills by spending a day in the kitchen! In groups of three students will work together to make a soup, a main dish and a dessert from fresh, seasonal ingredients. Students participating in this trail will need to bring some Tupperware or other containers to take home any extra food. Don't eat a big breakfast!!
1000 STEPS: Get active! Get into nature! Today we will venture to the fringe of Melbourne to climb through the beautiful forest of the Dandenong Ranges. At the top, we will eat healthy food and appreciate the serenity of nature. We will also think about how parks like this contribute to the health of Melbourne.
NORTH MELBOURNE HUDDLE & ZUMBA: On this trail we will spend the morning at the North Melbourne Football Club's 'Huddle' - we will be participating in activities with North Melbourne players and exploring what factors support our wellbeing and help us achieve our goals. In the afternoon we have been invited to Melbourne University to participate in a tailor made Zumba class! Make sure that you wear sports shoes!!!
Guys and body image
http://au.reachout.com/find/articles/body-image-blokes
What do you know about body image?
http://www.seeme.org.au/activity-1-beauty-myths.html
Hungry Beast: body image - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2aolQwY8cMM
Teen Truth http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PpFBKeuKf7M
Body Image & Hypocrisy
Check out today's paper for a discussion about marketing & double messages: Sexism dovetails with hypocrisy
Unilever owns Dove and Lynx - is there a conflict there???
Dove runs campaigns encouraging young women [and older women] to feel good about their bodies & to resist sexist advertising...
Dove Campaign for Real Beauty
Lynx runs campaigns encouraging young men [and older men] to use their products and become sexier, presenting women as sexual objects along the way...
What are your thoughts???
If you're interested - here is a link to a blog about body image: Enlighten Education Blog
Boys & Body Image
Guys and body image http://au.reachout.com/find/articles/body-image-blokes
What do you know about body image? http://www.seeme.org.au/activity-1-beauty-myths.html
Have your say:http://wallwisher.com/wall/BoysBodyImage
Being Healthy in Melbourne...
Here is a photo of our brainstorm about how the Huddle & Melbourne University Gym support the three different strands of health: physical, social & mental:
Health Trail Signup - Wednesday
http://doodle.com/gnnhuzf7ca2gd7vp
Note - do not choose your trail until you have read these three blurbs!
Character & Community: North Melbourne Huddle & Zumba
Come visit the North Melbourne Huddle and participate in some high energy sports activities before we join one of the North Melbourne players to explore what it means to create a healthy lifestyle and achieve the goals that we set for ourselves. Following on from the Huddle we will head over to Melbourne University and dance up a storm in a tailor made Zumba class!
1000 Steps
Get active! Get into nature! Get trained up for camp! Today we will venture to the fringe of Melbourne to climb through the beautiful forest of the Dandenong Ranges. At the top, we will eat healthy food and appreciate the serenity of nature. We will also think about how parks like this contribute to the health of Melbourne.
Cooking
NOTE: you must have selected "cooking" as a learning goal to select this trail.Keen to learn some basic cooking skills? Cooking trail is the one for you! We will purchase the ingredients for three healthy meals, cook together at the NMPS kitchen and share meals together. You will require a myki/metcard for Tuesday afternoon and a tupperware container to take home the extra food. Get your master-chef on!
Class Signup for Tuesday...
http://doodle.com/53ynxdgkbug2i6agNote - if you have chosen the COOKING trail you DO NOT sign up for a Tuesday class. You will do the cooking class
You are what you eat: Are you what you eat? How do we stay healthy on the inside? How does what we eat relate to how we feel? If you are interested in nutrition & how to maintain a healthy lifestyle, join this class :)
The Brain & You: What is this strange lump of stuff in our heads? How does it work? How can I learn to watch it and make it work for me better? Memory, emotion, attention, learning - it's all in the brain! If you choose this class, make sure to deposit your questions about the brain to your homegroup teacher before the end of the day!
Oliver Sacks: How does the brain work?
http://bigthink.com/ideas/11839Oliver Sacks: Left Brain Right Brain?
http://bigthink.com/ideas/11841
Sam Wang - Common Brain Myths
http://bigthink.com/ideas/14786
The 10% Myth:
http://bigthink.com/ideas/18902
Are our memories our own? Sometimes not...
http://www.independent.co.uk/life-style/health-and-families/features/mind-bending-why-our-memories-are-not-always-our-own-7939049.htmlVideo with memory expert
http://bigthink.com/users/ottavioarancio#!video_idea_id=19677
Strange Brain disorders
http://bigthink.com/users/vsramachandran#!video_idea_id=31521
Can our brain interface with computers?
http://www.guardian.co.uk/science/2011/apr/17/brain-implant-paralysis-movement
Sam Wang - How can we change our brain:
http://bigthink.com/ideas/14788
Sam Wang - How do brains decline (from 1:30)?
http://bigthink.com/ideas/14791
Sam Wang - happiness and the brain
http://bigthink.com/ideas/14789
Which foods protect the brain?
http://bigthink.com/ideas/18590
Health Week Trails
Melbourne Bike Trail
Being healthy in Melbourne can be as easy as hopping on your bike! We will have a fun day pedaling along the Capital City Trail - one of Melbourne's iconic bicycle trails. We will be cruising through Docklands and along the Yarra, and we will have lunch in among the animals and the history of the Abbotsford Convent and Children's Farm before heading back to school through Fitzroy, Carlton, Brunswick and Royal Park.
To do this trail you must have a working bicycle and a helmet. You will also need to obtain permission from your parents. There is a 10 person limit so first back with their permission slips are in!
Rhythm, Strength, Endurance & Flexibility!
A fun day featuring a diverse range of health and fitness activities.Experience a number of very different ways to know, work and shake your bodies - morning yoga, a spin around "The Tan" and a Zumba class to finish the day!
Essential equipment:
WEEKLY TASKS:
This week you will need to complete and upload to your blog a 'positivity journal' or a 'health diary'. Instructions for each are below...
Positivity Journal:
What do you feel grateful for? Did you have a moment today where you felt really happy? It could have been a fleeting moment, the whole morning, or the whole day...
Some days, we might feel overwhelmed by all of the things that feel like challenges, but reminding ourselves of the good things that are going on in our lives can be a big help.
Celebrating the positive things – be they big or small – allows us to shine some light on what might otherwise be a gloomy day. Positivity journals provide a simple reminder of the good things that are happening in your life...By focusing on what we can be grateful for, we are able to put ourselves in a positive of state of mind - giving us strength and inspiration to get through the day.
TASK:
As part of our focus on health this week, we are asking you to focus on what is going well for you. Use your blog to note down the moments in your day that are worth celebrating - you can password protect your posts for privacy. Take a moment and think of something that you feel grateful for – again, it can be a big show stopping event, or a little moment of kindness that you’ve received. You might have a few things that you feel grateful for – you can acknowledge them all.
Here are a couple of examples of people who have started and maintained positivity journals:
30 day challenge - keeping a positivity journal
Five steps to help you keep a gratitude journal
Health Diary:
Are there connections between what we eat, how we sleep, how much we move and how we feel? Take the opportunity to track your habits for a week and make connections...You may be surprised by what you find. Track Carly's health diary here -
https://docs.google.com/spreadsheet/ccc?key=0AggSEZZwoXtedHdXS0FyY2RPRlFsd0JwM0ZQay00M3c
TASK:
Using the spreadsheet attached, fill your daily health information in the relevant fields. Save the spreadsheet to your desktop or create a Google Doc so you can update the information each day. . At the end of the week you will upload the document to your blog or create a link and write a paragraph noting any themes, patterns and connections you see when you look at the data.
Focus Question - Student Examples
http://galileoxia0009.global2.vic.edu.au/2011/11/23/is-melbourne-fair/http://bel0011.global2.vic.edu.au/2011/02/23/was-melbourne-more-liveable-in-the-past-than-it-is-today/
FOCUS QUESTION INTRO LESSON